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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"women in medieval literature"”.
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"Of heveneriche sely gate" : the spiritual significance of women in Medieval literature.
In her work on medieval women's religious symbols, historian Caroline Walker Bynum provides a paradigm for the positive interpretation of women's functions and positions in medieval literature. When examined through Bynum's paradigm—and especially her description of the maternal functions of …
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Re-Examining the Female Voice in Chaucer's Italian-Sourced Works: A Study in Paleography, Textual Transmission, and Masculinity
<p>Research on women in medieval literature is abundant but often focused on broad questions of narrative and character development. Among the areas seldom examined is what I will term "female voice," a term that encompasses the thoughts and speech of women in literature. This project analyzes the …
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(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur
This dissertation examines the approximately 700 anonymous female characters who appear in Sir Thomas Malory's <italic>Le Morte D'Arthur</italic>, expanding the possibilities for how gender roles might be interpreted based on a wider range of female roles. Primary named female characters such as …